Abstract
Though the number of children is decreasing in Japan, the rolls of the children's welfare institutions are becoming comprehensive and interactive more. To solve those problems, the institution have to adopt some devices in their planning process. This paper describes actual situation and effectiveness of architectural methods in the process based on our practices at the renewal project of the children's welfare facility, such as arrangements of the condition of the planning to get enterprise in existing systems, surveys to grasp potential needs of the children and the stuff and coordination for the workshops involving the children and the neighborhood.
